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Line 1: − + + + + + + + + − − Opponents of President's Bush [[invasion of Iraq]], particularly Democrats, accused the White House of "outing" Plame in retaliation for her husband's statement undercutting Bush's invasion rationale.
Is there only one POV here, i.e., that of Bush policy opponents? Or are there 2 sides to the story?
'''Valeria Plame''' is a former [[CIA]] employee whose identity was revealed by [[Richard Armitage]] and exposed in a column by political writer [[Robert Novak]]. Plame is the wife of [[Joseph Wilson]] and the center of the [[Valerie Plame Affair]].
'''Valeria Plame''' is a former [[CIA]] employee married to [[Joseph Wilson]] and the center of the [[Valerie Plame Affair]]. Her connection to the CIA was revealed by [[Richard Armitage]] and exposed in a column by political writer [[Robert Novak]].
Opponents of President's Bush [[invasion of Iraq]], particularly Democrats, accused the White House of "outing" Plame in retaliation for her husband's statement undercutting Bush's invasion rationale.
Much of the controversy of the affair centered on disputes over what her precise relationship was to the CIA, and whether any laws were broken when Novak and Armitage revealed the fact of her employment. Perhaps the key issue was whether anyone in the Bush administration deliberatly revealed it as a way of retaliating against (or discrediting) Wilson.
Bush opponents have regularly taken the position that all these matters are beyond dispute and that Karl Rove, someone else close to the president, or the president himself is guilty - either of a crime or at least of a severe lapse of ethics.
Others have taken the contrary position, asserting that her CIA status either remains unclear or that she was never covered by the Idinties Act; that no one who revealed her identity broke any law by doing so; that there was no political motivation on the part of administration insiders (or supporters) to harm Plame or Wilson.
At the time of her outing, Valerie Plame was a "covert CIA employee for whom the CIA was taking affirmative measures to conceal her intelligence relationship to the United States." <ref>[http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/05/30/plame/ Unclassified Summary of Valerie Wilsons CIA Employment And Cover History]</ref>
At the time of her outing, Valerie Plame was a "covert CIA employee for whom the CIA was taking affirmative measures to conceal her intelligence relationship to the United States." <ref>[http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/05/30/plame/ Unclassified Summary of Valerie Wilsons CIA Employment And Cover History]</ref>
Then-Attorney General John Ashcroft was the head the initial investigation. Justice Department and FBI officials requested a special prosecutor be named over concerns of the veracity of interviews with Karl Rove. Attorney General Ashcroft, having connections to Karl Rove, recused himself from the case and Acting Attorney General James Comey appointed special prosecutor [[Patrick Fitzgerald]] to investigate the leak.
Then-Attorney General John Ashcroft was the head the initial investigation. Justice Department and FBI officials requested a special prosecutor be named over concerns of the veracity of interviews with Karl Rove. Attorney General Ashcroft, having connections to Karl Rove, recused himself from the case and Acting Attorney General James Comey appointed special prosecutor [[Patrick Fitzgerald]] to investigate the leak.
Robert Novak wrote:
Robert Novak wrote: